Black Wheels - a fad about to end?
Discussion
Tickle said:
Tobermory said:
No they’re satin black painted. I got a stone chip from a gravel trap and it was an easy job to touch up.
I’ve steered clear of the carbon rims. They’re pretty and save 10kg of unsprung mass but they’re very expensive to repair and believe me the car is not the limiting factor!
I can imagine the wheel holder in a mono is the blocker for going faster! I’ve steered clear of the carbon rims. They’re pretty and save 10kg of unsprung mass but they’re very expensive to repair and believe me the car is not the limiting factor!
I did a side by side comparison video of me and one of the AMG works drivers both in my car round Silverstone and there was a 10 second difference
I need more practice!
I've worked extensively with prototype cars in the past. Part of the camouflage strategy was always to paint the wheel rims black to obscure the detail in the design.
I always therefore associate cars that have black rims with being horribly unreliable, glitchy and poorly assembled pieces of junk, and for that reason I can't ever see black rims as a good thing.
I always therefore associate cars that have black rims with being horribly unreliable, glitchy and poorly assembled pieces of junk, and for that reason I can't ever see black rims as a good thing.
Car isn't wrapped yet* and the silver wheels pic is missing roundels because previous owner didn't glue them in properly and are 18 inch whilst new black wheels are 17s but I still think black wheels look better. (new wheels also not got bmw roundels on yet as only changed them day ago.)
Aiming for similar to this...
- carbon black paint is more blue than black so looks a tad off with the wheels atm and as it stands if I had got the new wheels in silver I dare say it would look better, probably going to go a darkish green with the wrap though and so I got black wheels as will look better in the future.
Aiming for similar to this...
Edited by 457892345 on Friday 23 September 04:26
457892345 said:
Car isn't wrapped yet* and the silver wheels pic is missing roundels because previous owner didn't glue them in properly and are 18 inch whilst new black wheels are 17s but I still think black wheels look better. (new wheels also not got bmw roundels on yet as only changed them day ago.)
Sorry but your car looks far better with the silver wheels. - carbon black paint is more blue than black so looks a tad off with the wheels atm and as it stands if I had got the new wheels in silver I dare say it would look better, probably going to go a darkish green with the wrap though and so I got black wheels as will look better in the future.
Edited by 457892345 on Friday 23 September 02:53
lrdisco said:
Sorry but your car looks far better with the silver wheels.
I did the wheels first due to performance reasons but I think the standard rims didn't look great even before the roundels fell off. In direct comparison of one or the other I prefer the new black onesI will agree with you the black rims aren't ideal yet as the car is far from finished and if you take it in the form I presented it would have been nicer of i got the new ones in silver. The car is far from done though, it has to get birds suspension/roll bars/quaife done, back bumper to 1m style + exhaust changed to 4 tip and maybe sports cat Then comes all the styling, wrapped, side repeaters changed, headlights changed (they are oem angel eyes but a bit yellow not fully white) head unit, front two seats etc.
I added a photo of the kind of color I'm going for in my original post now for you to see better.
Edited by 457892345 on Friday 23 September 04:48
MesoForm said:
Chunkychucky said:
It's 2022, we've survived COVID, and yet I still see people driving around in cars with black wheels... when will it end?!
It's surely a known fact that black wheels look s
t, are these people being deliberately obtuse? 
Yes, I chose black wheels on my car to annoy the people who don't like black wheels.It's surely a known fact that black wheels look s
t, are these people being deliberately obtuse? 
Heaveho said:
MesoForm said:
Chunkychucky said:
It's 2022, we've survived COVID, and yet I still see people driving around in cars with black wheels... when will it end?!
It's surely a known fact that black wheels look st, are these people being deliberately obtuse?
Yes, I chose black wheels on my car to annoy the people who don't like black wheels.It's surely a known fact that black wheels look s
t, are these people being deliberately obtuse? Fortunately the joke is on them because I'm bright enough not to be upset by how someone makes their own car look and so they just end up driving around in rubbish looking cars for no reason.
keo said:
As a rule I don’t really like black wheels but I think they suit mine and I love the Mono!
Usually a big silver fan but I think it gets away with it with the carbon
I think for track days it makes a lot of sense, black wheels and motorsport seem to go together, if only to hide the brake dust and marbles stuck to the rims!Usually a big silver fan but I think it gets away with it with the carbon
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The thing with gloss black wheels is that they are very labour intensive to keep clean, so along with the fact that I think they don't look particularly nice because they hide detail puts me off them. The high gloss black wheels on my FK8 were terrible for looking dull and shabby after being washed unless they were fully dried off, which is something I never previously had to do with any car.
Silver is my preferred colour for wheels, but my current car has a combination of silver and gloss black which I think looks pretty good. Again though the black shows up water spots after being washed but not as much as previously so I do not bother drying the wheels.
Silver is my preferred colour for wheels, but my current car has a combination of silver and gloss black which I think looks pretty good. Again though the black shows up water spots after being washed but not as much as previously so I do not bother drying the wheels.
Ron240 said:
The thing with gloss black wheels is that they are very labour intensive to keep clean, so along with the fact that I think they don't look particularly nice because they hide detail puts me off them. The high gloss black wheels on my FK8 were terrible for looking dull and shabby after being washed unless they were fully dried off, which is something I never previously had to do with any car.
Silver is my preferred colour for wheels, but my current car has a combination of silver and gloss black which I think looks pretty good. Again though the black shows up water spots after being washed but not as much as previously so I do not bother drying the wheels.
Full silver wheels are my most favourite too(because diamond cut wheels can corrode easily if they've had a dodgy refurb like they have on my M4). However like you I do like the style of the wheels on the GLE400d though. They are an easy wheel to clean as welI I think. Silver is my preferred colour for wheels, but my current car has a combination of silver and gloss black which I think looks pretty good. Again though the black shows up water spots after being washed but not as much as previously so I do not bother drying the wheels.
cerb4.5lee said:
However like you I do like the style of the wheels on the GLE400d though. They are an easy wheel to clean as welI I think.
Yes I do like the style of your wheels. 
They are easy to clean as you say, which is an important point for me and a reason why I generally do not like multi spoke wheels.
There are 3 trim levels for my car all with different wheel designs...mine is the middle 'Premium' trim and just by coincidence has the wheel I like the best.
Ron240 said:
Yes I do like the style of your wheels.
They are easy to clean as you say, which is an important point for me and a reason why I generally do not like multi spoke wheels.
There are 3 trim levels for my car all with different wheel designs...mine is the middle 'Premium' trim and just by coincidence has the wheel I like the best.
Thanks. They are easy to clean as you say, which is an important point for me and a reason why I generally do not like multi spoke wheels.
There are 3 trim levels for my car all with different wheel designs...mine is the middle 'Premium' trim and just by coincidence has the wheel I like the best.
I really like the sexy brake calipers on yours!
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